This is myletter.upl
This file describes akletter.cls, version 1.5
Akletter replaces the older myletter.cls which I have written
in the early days of LaTeX2e.
After a short discussion with Bernd Raichle, Jan Braun and some
of my Beta-testers, I decided to rename the class to akletter.
Yes, myletter wasn't a good name from the start, but I never meant
this for distribution, it was only a small hack to make me and a few
friends happy.
I'm sorry if I hurt someone with the changes introduced in 1.5 (some
were already in the never released 1.4d).
Compatibility:
Akletter 1.5 is not fully compatible to myletter 1.4.
There are some minor changes in the page-layout I didn't dare to
build into myletter.
I tried to clean up the way a date is set:
Option:
refdate - The Date will be shown in the reference-line.
If refdatename is defined, it will be set above the date.
This forces a reference-line with 5 items.
subjectdate - The Date appear in the same line as the first line of the
subject. It will be rightaligned to the text.
rightdate - The Date is shown in the rightfield, unless a
custom-definition of this field disables it completly.
Only one option should be used, the default is subjectdate, which should
look similar to myletter.cls.
Changelog:
1.5 First version derived from myletter.cls.
Compatibility-class created.
There is a new length \addrfieldindent that controlls the indentation
of the addressfield. Use it to adjust to envelops with window.
1.5 a Introduced refdate/subjectdate/rightdate
1.5 b Removed bugs found by Jan Braun
1.5 c Made ready for public release
Added akfax.cfg
1.5 d Synced with letter.cls 1.2u
1.5 e Added some commands to change fonts in
- reference line:
\reffont for the stationary text
\reftextfont for the actual text you insert
- pageheader \headfont (not titlepage)
- pagenumber \pnumfont
* some suggestion to design your own layout for pages following the
firstpage are now in the cfg-file
* finally translated the manual to english (lettereng)
1.5 f Synced with letter.cls 1.2z
Reset the footnote counter for every letter now.
Some minor correction to the cfg-files to avaoid using math
Only relevant if you use T1 fonts (like postscript ones)
1.5 g Added support for letter paper (not released)
1.5 h corrected support for letter paper, added new papersize a4offset which
is useful when you put the letter into a plastic binder with transparent
cover. Binders like that are often used for job applications in germany.
(Thanks to Margrehta Ri"sland for the suggestion and code samples.)
Added dateformat isodate 2000-05-28
Supplied akfaxps.cfg to show how to use Times/Courier
1.5 i Made Layout more flexible by introducing new lengths:
addrfieldsep, datesep and openingsep.
Added option to exchange addrfield and rightfield.